Joey M.D.

It may be at the doctor’s office.  Much as we do not want patients to be inconvenienced by waiting, sometimes there is really no way around it.

In one of our clinics, we have various stuff to try to keep patients and their companions occupied:  we have wi-fi access, newspapers and magazines, a couple of television sets and DVD players and also a small coffee shop.  However, not all clinics have these facilities.

Remember, I was also a patient in a lot of different occasions.  These are what I do to ease the boredom of waiting:

• SET AN APPOINTMENT if possible.  This will considerably cut down on the waiting time.  (vs walk in)
• Bring along a book that I’ve been wanting to read for ages but have never gotten the chance to.
• Look over the text messages I’ve received the day before and reply to those that I haven’t had the chance to.
• Write a couple of passages in the “notes” section of my cellphone.  If I have a lot of ideas, these just might become a basis of a future blog post or even the blog post itself.  Or maybe a future book?  It’s free to dream anyhow
• Chat with my companion.
• Play games on my cellphone.
• People watch

For me, these are general things that we can do while waiting, whether it’s at a doctor’s office, at the airport, at the bank while waiting for your turn (although I guess you can’t do things with your cellphone when you’re in a bank), or wherever you have time on your hands but you cannot just go away.

What would YOU do if you have to wait at a doctor’s office?

(Mylot thread here.  Plurk thread here.)